Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Concession Offer Said Shy of EU Demands

European Union regulators told Deutsche Boerse AG and NYSE Euronext that the concessions they offered didn’t go far enough to eliminate antitrust concerns over their deal, two people familiar with the discussions said.

EU officials told Deutsche Boerse and NYSE at a meeting in Brussels today that customers and rivals weren’t swayed by their Nov. 17 offer to divest some European single-equity derivatives units, according to the people who couldn’t be identified because the talks are confidential. Regulators also weren’t convinced that offering competitors limited access to Deutsche Boerse’s clearing house would do enough to foster competition for exchange-traded derivatives, the people said.